I walked the front side and some the inside loop with my son this morning. The trails were clear from trees with the exception of some low hanging branches. Kind of bummed I didn't bring a bike and ride a little, but we still had a good time.

Took the older two through a good majority of the park on foot today. The front side has some serious icy patches that are pretty long. The area where you cross under the power lines before the old cars is really icy. Without studs, it looks pretty sketchy. The rest of the trails were great. Frozen hard! Only real evidence of any travel in the recent thaw and rains were the deer and a big dog.

The beginning of every mt. biking season is likely to include trails with lots of debris, ruts, downed trees, and varying soil conditions.

So keep your heads up, and kick some sticks off trail, eh? If you want to get more involved stay tuned here and Facebook for notices (some short and some not) re: trail work.

Keep your fingers crossed for rain this week, believe it or not, we need it.

p.s. Much thanks to the city for the additional rock / grading, taking the muddy parking situation mostly out of this early spring equation. Huge thanks to local advocates coming out to lend a hand with trail work, and also those who take it upon themselves to get some maintenance done on their own... be safe out there and consider logging hours - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... c0E6MA&ifq

Can anybody advise what actual trail conditions were throughout the park this weekend? Current trail status is listed as "fair", but the phone system says winter conditions in effect and not to ride if above freezing...I'm riding "somewhere" today (Monday 4/8) and don't want to make the trip up to Beverly if it's not ridable (I understand that the overnight rain may be a factor).

Be sure to thank Lisa (trail run coordinator) as she made the initial request. Cedar Rapids Parks Department received the request and took care of the task: Attn: Daniel Gibbins4900 Council Street NECedar Rapids, IA 52402

Garasaki wrote:Hey,

Any idea whom at the city is responsible for the gravel? It would be sic of us to send them some thank you letters or truffles or a small car as a token of our appriciation.

Being that the conditions have improved to moderate as of sometime today, I assume Beverly is okay to ride until we get more significant rain? I'd like to take my MTB to work tomorrow and ride Bev in the late afternoon as long as things are looking up out there..

I was at Beverly for a good portion of Saturday. The trails were surprisingly in fairly good condition on the front side. While out there, several people came out and rode without leaving any ruts or doing any damage. We did some digging on one of the trails and found the ground to be a little damp, but not wet or muddy. Sunday's warm temps and winds should of dried things out even more. What moisture we got last week, the vegetation took most of it. What this weeks storms do will be tough to judge. My suggestion is to check the trails yourself and use your best judgement if its ok to ride. I hope to get out sometime early this week and will update the trail status if it calls for it.